Civil rights attorney Harmeet Dhillon detailed a legal challenge targeting Minnesota’s longstanding affirmative action policies, arguing that the state’s framework violates federal law by discriminating against majority groups in employment.
Dhillon said similar policies have appeared in multiple cities across the country, pointing to recent examples where public backlash led to reversals.
“Well, look, Chicago has this many big cities have it,” Dhillon said. “When I tweeted about Asheville trying to do this, they withdrew their policy.”
She described the issue as widespread and ongoing.
“Asheville, North Carolina, it’s like Whack a Mole out there,” Dhillon said.
According to Dhillon, Minnesota’s policies date back decades and are rooted in earlier legal interpretations that she said have since been challenged by more recent court rulings.
“But the state of Minnesota has long had this affirmative action regime dating back to the 1960s and 1970s a couple of bad Supreme Court precedents that wrongly interpreted Title Seven,” she said.
Dhillon pointed to recent Supreme Court decisions that she said clarify the legal standard regarding discrimination.
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